Pokemon Let's Go Co-op

[Envoy]

The trailer presented it in a drop in sort of deal.

I can see this working by having player two taking control the second half of the first player's team

Another way they can do it is by having a "player 2 box" in the PC.

It’s confirmed that Player 2 will use Player 1’s reserves (i.e. box Pokémon.)

 

[Peppermint Phoenix]

@Envoy so 12 on 6 confirmed.

 

[Envoy]

@Envoy so 12 on 6 confirmed.

Basically, yes.

Of course, how many NPC's in Kanto do you know that have a team of six Pokemon? I can only recall your Rival and maybe Magikarp guy.

So in practice, it'll actually be closer to 12 on 2.

 

[Cresselia92]

I hope there will be some limitation a la Pokémon Stadium, where you can carry a team of six but have to choose a set amount while battling in co-op. Kinda like the in-game partner battles in the Battle Frontier and stuff, so that it can make things a bit more even.

 

[Silktree]

Just use as many Pokemon as you feel like using. Don't expect Game Freak to worry about the balance for you.

 

[Peppermint Phoenix]

@Unown Seer it's not like limiting players so they don't ruin the game for themselves is part of a game designer's job or something.

 

[Almonds]

If co-op mode makes it into future installments, I can see Multi-battles being a regular thing instead of being restricted to battle facilities. Who knows? Maybe there could be a Multi-battle criteria in VGC/WCS where you participate as a team.

 

[Silktree]

@Unown Seer it's not like limiting players so they don't ruin the game for themselves is part of a game designer's job or something.

It is not as if these games and feature were designed with kids in mind or anything. But I am not defending Game Freak so much as making a point that you can arrange your own balance.

 

[Muur]

Basically, yes.

Of course, how many NPC's in Kanto do you know that have a team of six Pokemon? I can only recall your Rival and maybe Magikarp guy.

So in practice, it'll actually be closer to 12 on 2.

and some people will still lose

 

[EmpoleonProd]

It’s confirmed that Player 2 will use Player 1’s reserves (i.e. box Pokémon.)

Are you sure? Because the E3 gameplay showed otherwise.

In it, when player 1 switched their follow Pokemon from Charmander to Onyx, the Squirtle behind player 2 automatically switch to an Eevee, I'm not sure why exactly but there could be some sort of formula where it designates 3 of your party to player 2 based on what row (left or right) your follow Pokemon is, or something like that.

I just assumed it splits the party between both players.

 

[SUP3RN0VA]

From the trailer, we can now see that a second Pokémon can follow the co-op player. It's not a big deal gameplay wise, however, it does show that co-op player still gets a little of their own immersion into the games, while they perform their 'assist main player' role.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

A detail which was missed among the mass of information at E3- the co-op playe is always the opposite gender of the player character.

 

[Envoy]

A detail which was missed among the mass of information at E3- the co-op playe ris always the opposite gender of the player character.

This tells me that:

A. Character customization isn’t returning (not that I was expecting it) and

B. The opposite gender chararacter is used to avoid confusion.

 

[Silktree]

"I'm no girl!" yelled Timmy's father.

 

[Muur]

If the "if they have more than one Pokemon it'll be a double battle" thing happens, then they should've just hd a feature that clones the other Pokemon if they only have one should you be playing co-op, then it'll be 2v2

 

[PocketMonster]

I am looking forward to the co-op simply because this is the first time. I plan on playing this game with my dude since it is co-op. We will just store our extra pokemon separate from each other esp since my dude doesnt like picking a set team to play through the whole game. I usually do, but I won't be able to while playing with him. From what I understand and I may be wrong, you still only have 6 pokemon and the second player uses 3 of yours so the team is split. So player 1 uses the first 3 and player 2 the second set of 3.
I do see co-op for the future but I am sure they will change it to where both players have their own 6 pokemon. I hope co-op will be in the future. I do like the idea. Its better to play with a friend than a computer character.
if co-op will be in the future surely they will have more group or double battles in future games.
I do personally believe this Let's Go game is seeing what our reactions are to new ideas. I think this co-op is just testing it out and hopefully it will be better in future games. Perhaps gen 8?

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Co-op confirmed to be 2 vs 1 even when the opponent has two available Pokémon.

Spoiler

 

[Silktree]

This feature is obviously designed for kids who really need the massive help. In the original Yellow, even Jessie and James had to battle one at a time.

It's more justified to use this feature for Pokemon catching if you want to make Pokedex completion less time-consuming.

 

[PocketMonster]

Co-op confirmed to be 2 vs 1 even when the opponent has two available Pokémon.

Spoiler

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that's disheartening

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

I wonder how will co-op deal with Mega Evolutions. Will each player be given one mega? It seems likely so that Dad can use his Mega Charizard X to help little Jimmy's Mega Venusaur battle a particularly 'difficult' trainer.